Electronic-warfare aircraft

An electronic-warfare aircraft is a military aircraft equipped for electronic warfare (EW), that is, degrading the effectiveness of enemy radar and radio systems by using radar jamming and deception methods.^[1]

In 1943, British Avro Lancaster aircraft were equipped with chaff in order to blind enemy air defence radars. They were supplemented by specially-equipped aircraft flown by No. 100 Group RAF, which operated modified Halifaxes, Liberators and Fortresses carrying various jammers such as Carpet, Airborne Cigar, Mandrel, Jostle, and Piperack.^[2]

List of electronic-warfare aircraft

Examples of modern aircraft designed or modified for EW include:

A EF-111A of the US Air Force

A US Navy EA-18G Growler

• Antonov An-12BK-PPS (Soviet Union)
• Antonov An-26REP (Soviet Union)
• Boeing EA-18G Growler (United States)
• Denel TP1 Oryx EW (South Africa)
• Douglas C-47TP EW (South Africa)
• Douglas EA-3 Skywarrior (United States)
• Douglas EB-66 Destroyer (United States)
• Douglas EF-10B Skyknight (United States)
• Embraer R-99 (Brazil)
• General Dynamics/Grumman EF-111A Raven (United States)
• IAI 202B Arava (Israel)
• Ilyushin Il-22PP (Soviet Union) / (Russia)
• Kawasaki EC-1 (Japan)
• L3Harris EA-37B Compass Call (United States)^[3]
• Kawasaki RC-2 (Japan)
• Lockheed EC-130H Compass Call (United States)
• Mil Mi-8PP (Soviet Union)
• Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler (United States)
• Tornado ECR (Germany / Italy)
• Shaanxi Y-8EW (China)
• Shaanxi Y-8-GX1 (China)
• Shaanxi Y-9-GX11 (China)
• Shaanxi Y-9LG (China)
• Shaanxi Y-9DZ (China)
• Shenyang J-15D (China)^[4]
• Shenyang J-16D (China)
• Sukhoi Su-24MP (Soviet Union)
• Tupolev Tu-16RM-2 (Soviet Union)
• Yakovlev Yak-28PP (Soviet Union)
• Dassault Falcon 20 (Pakistan)
• Saab Globaleye (Sweden)
• Hava Soj (Turkey)